After hours of deliberation jury failed to grasp basics

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It was just after lunch on Tuesday that Mr Justice Sweeney, sitting in Court
No 3 at Southwark Crown Court, was handed a list of ten questions which
raised serious concerns about his jury’s understanding of the criminal trial
process and their role in it.

The questions, some of which had been previously asked and answered,
illustrated that at least some jurors had, in the judge’s view, a
“fundamental deficit in understanding” of the issues in the trial of Vicky
Pryce, the former wife of Chris Huhne.

The panel of eight women and four men had been deliberating for nearly

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